Of Liberty and Freedom, the Old and the New

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

The above was our Declaration of Independence drafted by Thomas Jefferson and finalized by the group, laid out what was the right of man to do when government became too oppressive. This government we have, whether Republican or Democrat has become drunk with power. They levy more taxes on our backs from every conceivable angle and do not rescind old taxes, but pile new ones on top of them. The 13th Amendment of our Constitution was meant to abolish slavery, yet in the 21st century, we have indentured servitude being sold as "Redistribution" and "Equality" which is sophistry at best, and out and outright lies at worst.

The 13th Amendment Section 1. reads "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."

Involuntary servitude is defined as "a United States legal and constitutional term for a person laboring against that person's will to benefit another, under some form of coercion. While laboring to benefit another occurs in the condition of slavery, involuntary servitude does not necessarily connote the complete lack of freedom experienced in chattel slavery; involuntary servitude may also refer to other forms of unfree labor. Involuntary servitude is not dependent upon compensation or its amount."

So, people can get a paycheck, and yet still be in Involuntary Servitude. I hold that any redistribution of wealth, no matter how well intentioned, violates our 13th Amendment rights and therefore is Unconstitutional. This also means that any taxes not used for something directly spelled out in the US Constitution are unconstitutional. The wording of the 16th Amendment does not invalidate the 13th Amendment of the US, so, while income taxes can be levied on the people of the US, they cannot be used in a redistributionist way.